Pioneer Growers Co-Op

Farmers take chance on odd crop -- hops
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 9/27/2009; 905 words; ...temperatures allow them to thrive. Hops growers in Iowa, however, with the exception...some of their produce to the New Pioneer Co-op in Iowa City and through a Kalona...After making the calls to the hops growers out West last year, he was encouraged...

Oregon Organic Coalition Honors 6 Individuals and Companies with Awards for Excellence.(Awards list)
Food & Beverage Close-Up; 9/15/2009; 1174 words; ...modern-day organic pioneers. Keynote speakers...organic farmer and a co- author of the original...vegetable and flower grower, earned her PhD from...the Ashland Food Co-op was the first grocer...Since then, the co-op it has supported...

Oregon Organic Coalition Honors Six Individuals and Companies with Awards for Excellence.
PR Newswire; 9/10/2009; 1231 words; ...modern-day organic pioneers. Keynote speakers...organic farmer and a co- author of the original...vegetable and flower grower, earned her PhD from...the Ashland Food Co-op was the first grocer...Since then, the co-op it has supported...

Farm took root when 'organic' wasn't in markets or lexicon
Oakland Tribune; 6/12/2009; 1339 words; ...culinary organic herb grower in the country...from their partner co-op in Mexico, where...handful of small growers across California...exhaustion. "They were pioneers. They were stewards...Said Bu Nygrens, co-owner of Veritable...set of principles, growers held each other ...

The perfect stage for Mikron!(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); 10/10/2008; 748 words; ...association with produce growers offshore there will be...foundation and success of The Co-op from its stormy beginnings...just what those early Co-operative pioneers were trying to achieve...rules as the original Co-op." Meanwhile, for those...